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Apologies for the weird sound issues—occasional echoes, Bec sounding like she’s speaking through a pillow, and other things. We’ll get it right one day!
In this episode, Guan talks about Lillian Beckwith’s Hebridean Tales, Bec gushes about Hamilton, and Karen reflects on the many things she saw at the GRAPHIC festival in Sydney. In the mix, we also chat about the value of art, what constitutes an interesting story and what we’re working on at the moment.
Here are links to things we mentioned:
Guan:
1:27: The Hills is Lonely—Lillian Beckwith’s Hebridean Tales.
4:49: John Oliver—Last Week Tonight: Some videos may or may not play depending on where in the world you are (grrr), but you can often find unofficial YouTube clips that others have uploaded.
5:40: A Prairie Home Companion—Garrison Keillor.
7:17: Rosehaven.
Bec
11:05: NaNoWriMo—National Novel Writing Month.
11:44: Hamilton on Broadway.
13:13: Lin-Manuel Miranda on Twitter.
13:20: Ron Chernow’s biography of Alexander Hamilton.
13:38: Lin-Manuel Miranda at the White House Poetry Jam.
15:31: Hamilton: The Revolution, aka the Hamiltome.
15:58: Hamilton’s America—stream at PBS until November 18 2016.
16:27: Hamilton soundtrack and mixtape details.
17:28: Stephen Sondheim’s Assassins.
18:28: Pop Culture Happy Hour Hamilton episode.
19:13: One of Guan’s fave podcasts, The Memory Palace.
Karen
20:15: GRAPHIC Festival homepage.
20:50: Neil Gaiman.
The Truth is in a Cave in the Black Mountains (illustrated by Eddie Campbell).
21:25: Matt Groening’s Wikipedia page.
21:39: Neil Gaiman’s Likely Stories TV series.
Most of the short films in Likely Stories were adapted from his short story collection Smoke and Mirrors.
(KB: Forgot to mention this: Neil Gaiman appeared in an episode of The Simpsons in season 23: “The Book Job”.)
21:43: Neil Gaiman: Dream Dangerously.
21:58: KB: I was wrong: Neil Gaiman’s newest book (due out in February) is called Norse Mythology.
22:50: Bill Plympton’s website. (KB: I forgot to mention that he did a couch gag for The Simpsons, which you can view here [1:26 min].)
23:10: Brandon Graham’s website.
23:34: The Wicked and the Divine comic series by Kieron Gillen and Jamie McKelvie. (#17 was done by Brandon Graham, who blogged about the experience and put up some behind-the-scenes process stuff on his blog. Warning: adult content and language.)
Australian comic creators:
- 23:40: Safdar Ahmed: “Villawood: Notes from an immigration detention centre” is well worth a read.
- 23:51: Alisha Jade. 24:04: The Banksia Project.
- 24:12: Milk Shadow Books.
- 24:24: Sarah Howell: I can’t find her website, but here’s the link to Squishface Studio, where she works and teaches.
24:47: THX 1138.
25:56: Book Create Australia: A site that raises awareness of the government’s plans to introduce parallel importation. (While we’re on the subject, please consider signing the petition against this move.)
26:05: Break down of the current round of Australia Council funding.
26:15: A Sydney Morning Herald article about the proposed changes the government wants to make to degrees in creative fields.
28:28: The Gift: How the Creative Spirit Transforms the World (Lewis Hyde).
What we’re working on
31:22: Guan’s working on another podcast as part of Gathered, about compassion and creativity!
33:13: Everyday Gratitude: website and Facebook page.
33:41: Kathleen Jennings’s blog.
35:07: Anthony Calvert: “The Light”: Pat Herbert, founder of the Hurdy Gurdy Museum, recalls the first time he heard radio (5:21 min).
35:43: Creators for Creators grant.
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